need legal info debate

[weknowhowtolive]

I think the "fishing for food" thing is a little bogus because we are talking about bass fishing.

A. Bass dont taste very good. Im not really a fish eater, but I've tried most, and bass were not really near the top.

B. Its bass fishing. Sure, you can do it with junkie poles and worms, but...how many people who go out and catch 30 bass in a day are doing it on cheap rigs and live bait? Maybe a few but, I doubt it on a private pond.

There are easier and better tasting fish that are much more highly populated in easier to access lakes and ponds and rivers.

[Catt]

I have on occasion kept bass; I don't care what others say they are excellent fried. I fish Toledo Bend and if I keep my legal limit of 8 bass it aint gonna effect nothing. Some guys are getting awfully close to worshipping bass which in my option is worse than keeping them.  

It's all has to do with the body of water period  

[flyphisher #]

"fishing for food is bogus?????" Why else would anyone keep the fish and clean them if they didnt like eating them?????  :

fish worshiper= form of tree hugger whether you like it or not. Reading some of the posts, i had to go back and check the web page to make sure I wasnt on a animal rights website.....

Otherwise, these threads are hilarious.

[weknowhowtolive]

"fishing for food is bogus?????" Why else would anyone keep the fish and clean them if they didnt like eating them?????  :

fish worshiper= form of tree hugger whether you like it or not. Reading some of the posts, i had to go back and check the web page to make sure I wasnt on a animal rights website.....

Otherwise, these threads are hilarious.

no no no...fishing for food in this argument. Not in general.

[NBR]

I have had 3 friends that have had private ponds on their farms. Both worked with state DNR's to manage the ponds. The first and last were in Illinois and the second was a Michigan farm. As I recall all the ponds had bluegills and largemouths

The first had a larger pond that I would guestimate in the range of 20 acres. We fished from the owners boat on weekdays since it did not interfere with any of their family outings. We did call their home phone instead of the lake cabin to be sure we weren't infringing on others. There was little or no pressure on the fish in the pond and we were asked to keep all we caught. I can't recall ever catching a LM over about 2# but we did git some nice hand sized gills.

The second had 2 or 3 small ponds and the family were more active fisherfolks. We bank fished only. They had a figure from the DNR as to how many pounds of fish should be taken each year from each. These folks would suggest you take some quanity of fish from each pond, estimate the pound weight to be consistant with the needed harvest and give them a rough count by pond.

The third was owned by a nonfisher familyand was not managed that I can recall. We also bank fished there.

I can't recall ever catching a fish out of pond 3. We caught several from farm 2 but always gave the owners the fish they wanted harvested. Farm 1 provided several nice fish fries although they didn't care what you did with the fish just get them out of the pond. I am sure farms 1 and 2 monitored the harvest and altered it to suit their management program.

Farm pond management can be difficult and without some expert advice you could destroy a good fishery by creating too many or too few for the existing forage. I can't comment on the law re limits but taking 30 or even more fish could be necessary to maintain a healthy population.

[flyphisher #]

Its cruel to keep a bass.....because bass are people too... :

[Jerkbate]

I have on occasion kept bass; I don't care what others say they are excellent fried. I fish Toledo Bend and if I keep my legal limit of 8 bass it aint gonna effect nothing. Some guys are getting awfully close to worshipping bass which in my option is worse than keeping them.

It's all has to do with the body of water period

I totally agree.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

The limit here for yellow perch is 30.Was 40 last year...virus hit us pretty hard.

I see nothing wrong with catching 30 fish if it's within limit and law.Some people stock their fridges and don't alway fish.

Ever watch commerical fishery?They take them by the thousands...now that's unethical....

YUP u hit the nail on the head i live on the Chesapeake bay .We have diff countries coming into the bay with trollers BECAUSE they have DEPLETED there OWN  fishery.A 200,000 fine aint nothing to a business that makes 200,000 in one day every day of the yr.

[Glenn]

Curious.... where's the legal info debate?  

We literally have DOZENS of threads here about catch-n-release, lake management, ethics regarding limits, blah blah blah.  If you really want to know about it, search the forums and the site for "catch and release".

Otherwise, let's keep this thread on topic please. The guy is asking for legal advice, not lake management advice.

Thanks!

Glenn

[Virgil]

Hi everyone. New to the board and just had to ask a few questions about this pond. Is the pond naturally occuring or manmade? Were the fish in the pond planted by the dnr or by the land owner? I know that this info makes a huge difference in most states. In Washington State it is not unusual to see privately owned ponds with no limits or fishing licenses. These ponds are manmade and the fish in them were purchased and planted by the land owners. Some are free and some charge to fish. The pond owners set the limits not the state. Just food for thought.